HOST A DIAPER DRIVE
Rally your community to keep babies clean, dry, and healthy. When you host a diaper drive for Little Hands Virginia, you’re helping families across our region access the essentials they need.
Whether you’re a business, school, faith community, neighborhood group, or just a few friends, you can make a big impact. We’ll give you tools, tips, and support so your drive is simple, fun, and successful.
STEP 1: Make a Plan
Choose your dates, location, and who you will invite to participate.
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Is this drive for your family and friends? Do you want to get your business involved? What about your child's sports team, or hosting a party or hot chocolate stand?
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Think about where people in your network naturally gather - your office, school, place of worship, or neighborhood.
STEP 2: Spread the Word
Get creative! Use flyers, email, and social media to invite people to donate diapers. Consider having a theme, or offering something enticing to encourage people to come out.
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Share why diapers matter and how Little Hands Virginia supports local families. Consider sharing share your personal story if you're willing.
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Check back for facts, stats, and templates to help you spread the word.
STEP 3: Collect & Drop Off
Gather all donations, count the diapers, and bring them to the Little Hands Virginia office. We will make sure they get to families who need them the most.
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All diapers must be dropped off by November 13th to be eligible for prizes and be counted towards the grand total.
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Hours and directions for Little Hands Virginia are available here. If you need to arrange another time to drop off your diapers, please email us.
KEY DATES
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Now - September 30th: Registration Period
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Sign up to host a diaper drive and be kept in the loop with updates and details leading up to October
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September 15th: Big Diaper Drive Host Call
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Join us for a Zoom call on Tuesday, September 15th at 9:30am to get inspired, get questions answered, get ideas, and get motivated.
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We will send out the Zoom link and a calendar invite closer to the date.
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September 28th-30th: Big Diaper Drive Materials Pick-Up
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Stop by the Little Hands Virginia office between 9am-3pm to pick up promotional items including yard signs, flyers, donation bins, swag, and more.
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Check out the Diaper Bank and take photos to help with marketing of your drive.
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October TBD: The Big Diaper Drive Kick Off Event
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New this year - this is a family-friendly, come one come all, kick off event for Big Diaper Drive hosts and supporters.
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Bring anyone helping put on your drive, whether it's your team, your family, your office, your neighborhood committee.
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November 13th: Diaper drop off deadline
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All Big Diaper Drive diapers must be dropped off by November 13th at 3pm in order to count towards the grand total and be eligible for prizes.
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RESOURCES
COMING SOON! Updated resources including social media graphics, flyers, Canva templates, a marketing toolkit, and more will be available beginning July 1st.